February 12

Porter Fork, Silver Bell, Dogleg, Seths, Porter Fork

Elevations, slope angles and aspects

6200-9800', angles over 35°, north facing aspects.

Snow conditions

Porter fork road remains icy. Melting out in the afternoon. There will be bare spots in a day or two.

Snow line lowered to about 7k from the graupel storm.

Crusty to about 8k with 2-6" dense and creamy(graupel) above 8500' or so.

Upper elevation shallow snowpack is sandboxing in places.

dogleg

Mid and lower elevation shady did soften a bit by afternoon with the mild temperatures.

Weather

Blue skies with a few clouds drifting by, cool in the shade, warm in the sun, wind was light to non-existent.

Avalanche activity

graupel-sluff

Ski cuts produced a bit of surface sluffing on the steepest hills, otherwise, none observed.

Evaluation

Stable snow on all aspects at all elevations.

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